Author Guidelines

THE PARADIGM CHRONICLE JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC INQUIRY & CRITICAL THOUGHT welcomes original, unpublished, and high-quality research papers, review articles, case studies, conceptual papers, and innovative scholarly works from researchers, academicians, educators, professionals, and scholars from diverse academic disciplines. Authors are requested to carefully follow the journal guidelines before submitting their manuscripts.

Manuscript Preparation

  • The manuscript must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  • The similarity index/plagiarism in the manuscript should not exceed 10%.
  • The article should be written in clear, academic, and grammatically correct language.
  • Authors may submit manuscripts in multiple languages including English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Kannada, Bengali, and other Indian languages.
  • The title of the manuscript should be concise, informative, and relevant to the research study.
  • The manuscript should include an abstract, keywords, introduction, objectives, methodology, findings/results, conclusion, and references.
  • References and citations should follow standard academic formatting styles such as APA, MLA, Chicago, or other relevant citation formats.
  • Tables, figures, charts, and images should be properly numbered, labeled, and cited appropriately.
  • Authors must ensure that the manuscript is free from grammatical, typographical, and formatting errors.

Submission Guidelines

  • Authors should submit manuscripts in MS Word format through the journal website or official journal email.
  • The manuscript must contain the author’s full name, institutional affiliation, email address, and contact details.
  • In case of multiple authors, the corresponding author should be clearly identified.
  • Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for any copyrighted material included in the manuscript.

Publication Ethics

  • The journal strictly follows COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Guidelines.
  • Any form of plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, or unethical research practice is strictly prohibited.
  • Authors must acknowledge all references, data sources, funding support, and contributions appropriately.
  • Any conflict of interest related to the manuscript must be disclosed at the time of submission.
  • AI-generated or AI-assisted content should be properly verified and ethically used under the supervision of the author.

Peer Review Process

All submitted manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer-review process to ensure originality, research quality, academic integrity, and relevance of the study. The editorial board reserves the right to accept, reject, or request revisions to the manuscript.

Copyright and Licensing

Authors retain copyright of their work while granting the journal the right to publish and archive the manuscript under Creative Commons licensing policies.

Declaration

By submitting the manuscript, authors confirm that the work is original, ethically prepared, free from plagiarism, and complies with all research and publication ethics standards of the journal.

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